Tags: facebook, red equality sign, hrc, marriage equality, graphs 
You'd have to be colorblind not to notice the sea of change that flooded Facebook this week.
On Monday, the Human Rights Campaign promoted its red-hued equality sign and asked supporters of marriage equality to make it their profile picture in honor of the Supreme Court hearings; by Wednesday, a large portion of users had made the swap to state their support.
Today, in a rare glimpse at the data behind the scenes of the largest social network, Facebook breaks down the number of users who changed their profile pictures on Tuesday (the day of the Prop 8 hearing at SCOTUS).
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Written by Nigel Campbell | Thursday, 28 March 2013
Tags: dave agema, michigan, anti-gay, facebook, resignation
A Michigan Republican National Committeeman, Dave Agema, published a blatantly anti-gay post on his Facebook page and it's his fellow Republicans that are demanding his resignation.
See what went down after the jump!
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Written by Nigel Campbell | Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Tags: marriage equality, brands, red, facebook
Our Facebook feed has been painted red by both fellow gays and lesbians, allies, and some prominent businesses and brands!
See some of the brands showing solidarity with the gay community after the jump!
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Written by Nigel Campbell | Sunday, 24 March 2013
Tags: marriage equality, supreme court, face the nation, evan wolfson, brendon ayanbadejo, tony perkins
Some heavy hitters turned out for Sunday's Face The Nation discussion of Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court hearing on marriage equality.
Vocal LGBT advocate and Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo, Family Research Council head Tony Perkins, Freedom to Marry's Evan Wolfson, Alliance Defending Freedom's Austin Nimocks, and former President Bush staff member David Frum (who opposed marriage equality, but now supports it), all came ready to play!
We may be biased, but we thought Evan Wolfson was a shining star. He laid out the arguments for why the Supreme Court should OBVIOUSLY rule in our favor and he made hate group leader Tony Perkins look pretty foolish. Watch after the jump!
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Tags: facebook, studies, culture
What do your Facebook "Likes" say about you?
That's the premise of a new study out of the University of Cambridge, where researchers have pinpointed with frightening accuracy the type of person who likes everything from "emo" to "Did you get a haircut no it grew shorter."
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 11 February 2013
Tags: chris christie, mark zuckerberg, facebook, marriage equality, fundraiser, new jersey, blue jersey, rosi efthim, unfriend christie, social media campaign
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes didn't hesitate to express his concern over Mark Zuckerberg's allegiance with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who famously vetoed marriage equality in the state.
Now marriage equality advocates are getting in on the action.
See what they have to say after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 06 February 2013
Tags: sean eldridge, chris hughes, congress, facebook
They were already young, rich, and successful and now Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge can potentially add politically powerful to the list.
Eldridge, an investor and husband of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, is running for Congress!
Details after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 28 January 2013
Tags: chris hughes, mark zuckerberg, facebook, chris christie, same-sex marriage, veto, fundraiser
Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook along with Mark Zuckerberg, is voicing his concerns over Zuckerberg's support of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
Zuckerberg is hosting a Feb. 13 fundraiser for Christie at his home in Palo Alto, California.
Christie's widely acknowledged for his capable handling of the Hurricane Sandy crisis in the state, but he's also received a lot of negative attention within the LGBT community based on his veto of same-sex marriage.
See what the openly gay Hughes has to say about Zuckerberg and Christie's growing closeness after the jump!
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 07 January 2013
Tags: uganda, gays, witch hunt, rolling stone, facebook page, taken down, glaad, kill, names, lgbt
A disgusting Facebook page that took a cue from Uganda's Rolling Stone newspaper to call for a "witch hunt" against identified and named LGBT Ugandans has been taken down by the social network.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 02 January 2013
Tags: uganda, africa, british, producer, david cecil, jailed, face, charges, prison, staging, gay play, case dismissed
We devoted plenty of pixels in 2012 to the story of British producer David Cecil, who was jailed and faced criminal charges in Uganda after staging a gay-related play in the notoriously anti-gay African nation. Finally, we have good news to report in Cecil's case. Follow the jump for the welcome change of pace!
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Written by Instinct Staff | Sunday, 16 September 2012
Tags: roger jean-claude mbédé, cameroon, text messages, anti-gay, jail, sentence, appeal hearing, petition, president paul biya, all out, loses, faces, prison, die
Updated Monday, December 17, 3:45 p.m. EST
Roger Jean-Claude Mbédé will spend another few years in prison after losing an appeals hearing in Cameroon for sending the above text to another man.
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